So I changed offices today at work. They put me back in with the guys I used to be with -- except for one fellow. And as luck would have it, my beloved Model M keyboard was too loud for the new space. And I was using the quiet version even -- specially bought for this shared office situation!
So I had to march myself down to the parts guys and get a new, quieter, shitty keyboard. It's fucking hell typing on that thing. My wrists hurt after only a couple hours. I'm bringing in a quiet-ish, less shitty (but still not completely good) keyboard tomorrow. If that one isn't quiet enough, then I'll bring in my vintage 1987 loud-ass Model M and type out a novel on it.
In retaliation, I availed myself of the lamb curry from the cafe and was inclined to take it to-go, so that I could eat lunch in my new office.
"Nolites te bastardes carborundorum."
Posted by suzi at March 20, 2006 9:14 PMSome people just aren't happy unless they're bitching about something.
BTW, regarding the asking for something he could've easily gotten himself.. that's my biggest pet peeve right now. We have several people in our group that are too damn lazy to lift a finger to figure out anything themselves, and I got dinged on my last review because of that (I made it damn clear that I wasn't happy about it either.. 2-1/2 typed page response attached to my review.. HR rep even called me and asked if I wanted to talk to them).
My current favorites...
One line from syslog in email with "WHAT THE HELL DOES THIS MEAN?!?!?" type question.. when looking just a couple lines above and/or below the line in question makes everything perfectly clear. Well, to anyone that actually has a brain anyway.
Or, 'What are you doing? How does this work, etc" when I've sent out several status emails with the exact data in question, AND put it in our twiki, which takes all of 2 seconds to search and get multiple hits.
I could go on... perhaps I should rant on my own page. :)
Posted by Miguelito at March 21, 2006 3:19 PM